Thread: Good eatin?

I can honestly say I have caught tons of bream/gills throughout my life. However, I have never eaten them. How do they compare to Crappie? Or even Catfish. I like Crappie a whole lot more than Catfish. Catfish can taste real "fishy" or muddy if not cleaned right. But man o man Crappie are GREAT!

So do the bream compare to either?

Thanks

Glen

Bluegill or bream, brim whatever you want to call them is even milder than crappie. Very good eating. Next time you catch a few take them home and fry them up. You will be sorry you have not been eating them before.

Originally Posted by funfishing

Bluegill or bream, brim whatever you want to call them is even milder than crappie. Very good eating. Next time you catch a few take them home and fry them up. You will be sorry you have not been eating them before.

They probably arn't very good from a very small farm/cattle pond. Real muddy water. And of course cows walking and uuum relieving themselves in it...lol

No they are probably not that good from a poop pond, but they are very good from anywhere else. I put brim right under crappie, but over cat fish. I suggest you try some, you don't know what you've been missing.

We like them better than crappie because they're firmer fleshed. A lot of crappie are mushy. IMO, the only thing better than bluegill is walleye. - Roberta

Originally Posted by Roberta

We like them better than crappie because they're firmer fleshed. A lot of crappie are mushy. IMO, the only thing better than bluegill is walleye. - Roberta

I agree on the crappie/brim thing, like you say firmer meat. However as we have very few walleye down my way I have to go with a correctly cleaned flathead as the best eating. Have to get all the silver skin and what little red meat off. My favorite.

Originally Posted by Roberta

We like them better than crappie because they're firmer fleshed. A lot of crappie are mushy. IMO, the only thing better than bluegill is walleye. - Roberta

Originally Posted by SteveJ

I agree on the crappie/brim thing, like you say firmer meat. However as we have very few walleye down my way I have to go with a correctly cleaned flathead as the best eating. Have to get all the silver skin and what little red meat off. My favorite.

I would have to agree with Roberta in the fact that Walleye is truly my number one fish, but then I would have to go with the crappie, then perch. After the perch is where I would place the bluegill. I have had times when nothing but bluegill were biting and I enjoyed frying them up. They are a firmer than crappie. Sorry Steve, I'm not to fond of catfish, but will eat them if I'm in the mood :p .

Gills and shellcrackers are just as good to eat as crappies. Best eating fish even better than walleye, the yellow perch, but down here they aint!!But caught out of the great lakes, or some of the big lakes up north, they are super good.

Pond brim aren't bad either if you soak them in Buttermilk or salt water for a night before freezing or eating.My granma taught me that this draws the bad taste out of the meat and makes it sweeter.

I wont eat crappie, but I'll clean you out of bream